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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 23:47:53 +0100
Original tabber: Matt Crowe
additions From: Roger Olofsson
Subject: TAB: Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival (fwd)

Song: Green River
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
CD: Chronicle
Additional Tabbing:Roger Olofsson (raggen@hem1.passagen.se)


e|------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
B|------/3--3--3--3-------|--/3--3--3--3--------------|-----------------|
G|------/4--4--4--4-------|--/4--4--4--4--0h2---0-----|-----------------|
D|------------------------|--------------------------0h2--2-----0-------|
A|------------------------|---------------------------|-----0h2---------|
E|-0----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|

E E E
Rhy. Fig. 1
e|------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------|-----/3--3--3--3------------|
G|------------------------|-----/4--4--4--4------------|
D|--2-2--------0-----2----|----------------------------|
A|--------0h2-------------|----------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------------|


E E E
(End Rhy Fig. 1)
e|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
B|--/3--3--3--3-----------|---------------------------|------------------|
G|--/4--4--4--4--0h2--0---|---------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------0h2-2-----0--2-2-----0--2-----|------------------|
A|------------------------|---0h2--------0h2----------|------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
Well.............


(W/ Rhy Fig. 1: 2 1/2 times)
E
e|-------------------------------------------0-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------/3-3-3-3--------|
G|----------------------------------------3b4----/4-4-4-4--------|
D|--------------------------------------2------2-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
take me back down where cool water flows ya'll

e|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----/3-3-3--3---|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----/4-4-4--4--2--0--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------0-----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------/3-3-3-3-------------|
G|------------------------------------3b4---/4-4-4-4-------------|
D|-----------------------------------2----2----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ah, let me remember things I love, now.

e|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|--/3--3--3--3----|----------------------------------------------|
G|--/4--4--4--4--2--0---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------0--0------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------3--3------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------1--1------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------2--2------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------2--2------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--0------------------|
Stoppin' at the log where cat fish bite.

C (Rhy. Fig. 2)
Walkin' along the river road at night,
e|-------0---------------0-0------0-----5--5/--------------------|
B|-------1---------------3-1------1-----5--5/--------------------|
G|-------0---------------0-0------0-----5--5/--------------------|
D|-----------------------2-2------------7--7/--------------------|
A|--3--------------------3-3---3--------7--7/-down---------------|
E|--------------------------------------5--5/--------------------|

A
barefoot girl dancin' in the moonlight
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2------2----2----2--------------------------------------|
G|-------2--2---2----2----2--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------0--0--1--2-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E (End Rhy. Fig. 2)

e|----------0---------------------------0------------------------|
B|------/3--3--3--3------/3--3--3--3----5------------------------|
G|------/4--4--4--4------/4--4--4--4----4------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------------------------|


2nd Verse: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1 (2 1/2 times)

E
I can hear the bull-frog callin' me, how!
E|-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------0---------|
B|-----------------------------------|----/3-3-3-3---/3-3-2--------------|
G|---------------------------------3b4----/4-4-4-4---/4-4---0h1----------|
D|-------------------------------2---|--2-------------------------0h2r02-|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E
Wondrin' if my rope's still hangin to the tree.
E|-----------------------------------|-0-----------------------0---------|
B|-----------------------------------|----/3-3-3-3---/3-3-2--------------|
G|---------------------------------3b4----/4-4-4-4---/4-4---0h1----------|
D|-------------------------------2---|--2--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E
Love to kick my feet way down to shallow water, ah

C (w/ Rhy. Fig. 2) A
shoe-fly, dragonfly get back to mother. Pick up a flat rock

A E
skip it 'cross Green a-River.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------0--1--2-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E (End Rhy. Fig. 2)

e|----------0---------------------------0------------------------|
B|------/3--3--3--3------/3--3--3--3----5------------------------|
G|------/4--4--4--4------/4--4--4--4----4------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo commences:

Well.... 2nd guitar plays
E|-0--------0------------------------|---------10-11-12b-------------------|
B|-5b--------3-0---------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------2-0----3b3-2-0-------|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2----------2-0-2--2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3-0---3b4-3b4-2-0-------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------2-0-2-|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
2nd guitar plays
E---------10-11-12b-----------------10b11---12----------0------------0---|
B------------------------------------|-----------/3-3-3-3--/3-3-3-3--5---|
G-------0---2b3-2-0---------------2-0--2b3r2-0---/4-4-4-4--/4-4-4-4--4---|
D---0h2--0h2-------2----0h2-0h2-2-2-2--2-------2-------------------------|
A-3-------------------0--------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


3rd Verse: w/ Rhy. Fig. 2 (2 1/2 times)

E
Up to Cody's camp I spent my days -- ya'll
E|----------------------------------0-------7-7-7-7--0--0----------------|
B|-------------------------------/3-3-------8-8-8-8--0--0--2-----0-------|
G|-------------------------------/4--------------------------0h1---------|
D|------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E
with flat-car riders an' crosstie walkers
E|-----------------------------------|-0-0---7---7------0-0--------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-0-0---8-8-8-8----0-0-2----0-------|
G|-----------------------------------|---------9---9---------0h1---------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E C
Old Cody Junior took me over, said, "You're gonna find the world
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-------0h2r0h2r0h2r0---------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

C A E
is smolderin', and if you get a-lost, come on home to Green a-River."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------0--1--2--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E (End Rhy. Fig. 2)

e|----------0---------------------------0------------------------|
B|------/3--3--3--3------/3--3--3--3----5------------------------|
G|------/4--4--4--4------/4--4--4--4----4------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------------------------|

Well.... 2nd guitar plays
E|-0--------0--------------------10-11-12--12------------------------------|
B|-5b--------3-0---------------------|--------15-12------------------------|
G|--------------2-0----3b3-2-0-------|--------------14-12------------------|
D|-----------------2----------2---------------------------14---------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
2nd guitar plays
E|-10-11-12--12-----------------7-7-7---7-7--7---7---7-7-0-0-0-----0--7b-7b|
B|--------------15-12-----------8-8-8---8-8--8---8-8-8-8-0-----3-0----8b-8b|
G|--------------------14-12------------------------9-----------------------|
D|--------------------------14-------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Any additions, corrections, flames, comments, or interpretations can be
mailed to cgc@tiamat.umd.umich.edu or crowe@umdsun2.umd.umich.edu

"Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power, and magic in it." -- Goethe

"Let freedom ring"

"Oh Rock of ages do not crumble love is breathing still"
"Oh Lady Moonshine down, a little people magic if you will"

This tab was created with the help of an Amiga computer *NOT*

*grin*

heheheheh...I actually did this by ear...Ok, so who says you can't improve
your ears?

Please mail corrections and stuff to raggen@hem1.passagen.se

E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


--

raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson
--

raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson



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| h Hammer-on
| r Release
| b Bend
| / Slide up

************************************
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Rivival

Tab by:omanyen@fusemail.com

INTRO: /=slide up \=slide down h=hammer r=rake(pull-off) v=vibrate b=bend
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----2/3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
-----3/4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4--2--0-----------------------------------|
--------------------------------0h2-2-0----0--2-2-2-0------------|
----------------------------------------2-------------2-0--------|
--0-------------------------------------------------------3b--0--|

( repeat )
well take me back down where cool waters flow

-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
------------------2---2--------------------2---|
--2---4---2---4-----------5---4---2------------|
--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3h4-----0|


------------------------------------------|
-2/3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------------------|
-3/4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---2---0--------------|
-------------------------------2---0------|
---------------------------------------2--|
---------------------------------------0--|

( repeat sequence for next verse )

alternate intro: ( fancier )
-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------|
-----2/3-3-3-3---2/3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------|
-----3/3-4-4-4---3/4-4-4-4--0h2h3r2r0---------------------------------|
---------------------------------------2-0-2-2-0-----0-2-2-2-0--------|
-------------------------------------------------0h2-----------2-0----|
--0----------------------------------------------------------------3b0|

bRIDGE BETWEEN THE VERSE AND INTRO RUN INTO THE 2ND VERSE:

|------0|-----------|
|--4/5--|-2/3-3-3-3-|
|--3/4--|-3/4-4-4-4-|
|-------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|
|-------|-----------|

Just before the lead:

WELL
----------------| The lead in this song is pretty
----------------| basic and quite frankly, rather
--9-7-----------| plain. Below you'll find my own
------9-7-------| lead for this song which should
----------10-7--| immediately follow the run shown
----------------| on the left.

b=bend h=hammer r=rake /=slide up \=slide down v=vibrate

I wrote this in small increments to understand it more easily

E E E E

-12--12-|-12-----------------|-12--12-|-12-----------------|
-15b-15b|-15b-12-------------|-15b-15b|-15b-12-------------|
--------|--------14b-------12|--------|--------14b-------12|
--------|------------12h14---|--------|------------12h14---|
--------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|
--------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|

b*=bend up and hold b$=release bend from b*
E
---------------------------------------|
------12-------------------------------|
-11b*----11b$--9h11r9---------9--------|
----------------------11-9-11---11-9---|
-------------------------------------11|
---------------------------------------|

E E
------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------|----------12--14r12----12--14|
---------------9--11r9----9-11|-9--11/13-----------13-------|
------9---9h11---------11-----|-----------------------------|
-9h11-------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------------------|

C A B
--8--8---8--------------|-5-----------------------------------8----|
--8--8----8-------------|-5----------------------------8-8h10---10v|
--7--7b*--7b$--5h7r5----|---7--5-----------------5-7/9-------------|
---------------------7-5|---------7--5-----5--7--------------------|
------------------------|---------------7--------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------------------------|

E
---------------|
-----2/3-3-3-3-|
-----3/4-4-4-4-| Return to the intro.
---------------|
---------------|
--0------------|

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Song info
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2001
  • Rock
  • Country Rock
  • Folk Rock
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